Linda Barrington

The center publishes detailed research reports, written by academic researchers, practicing experts, and industry leaders. These reports are available at no charge. DOWNLOAD CIHLER PUBLICATIONS The Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations at the Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration publish a series of two types of online research studies: reports and roundtable […]

In keeping with its mission to modernize the hospitality industry’s employment relationships, the Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations provides venues for the industry and academe to address key issues affecting labor relations in the hospitality industry. The center has developed a long-running series of roundtables that focus on these critical issues, […]

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The  Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations provides a collaborative space for employers, unions, government representatives and employee advocate organizations – who are sometimes would-be adversaries – to talk with academics about how they can work together to modernize labor relations in the hospitality industry for the benefit of all. Scholarly research and educating […]

Welcome to the Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations, the definitive authority for information concerning labor and employment relations in the hospitality industry. To fulfill our mission of modernizing industry labor relations, our center is committed to accomplishing the following three main goals. Modernizing labor relations: We work with employers, unions, government, and academics […]

The Cornell Center for Innovative Hospitality Labor and Employment Relations promotes legal and academic research on topics affecting labor and employment law. Twice per year, the center publishes a newsletter that showcases current research on topics affecting labor and employment law, human resources, industry events, and corporate members, as well as featuring new reports issued by the center. […]

By Eric Ricaurte Executive Summary This report presents the results of the fourth annual Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking (CHSB) study, an update to last year’s CHSB2016 study, which was undertaken as a collaborative effort of the Cornell University Center for Hospitality Research, hotel participants, Greenview, and an industry advisory group. This report with historical trends and its accompanying index are intended to […]

Focused on the Industry The Center for Hospitality Research offers a wide variety of accessible reports aimed at providing specific approaches for addressing industry issues. The reports are written by faculty researchers at the Cornell Peter and Stephanie Nolan School of Hotel Administration and elsewhere, with a goal of answering specific questions facing the industry. […]